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Multiple American and Israeli attacks has reportedly destroyed or damaged at least 11 Iran's navy ships since the weekend, recently obtained satellite images reveal, with missile bases and nuclear sites also coming under fire.

Images of the southerly Konarak naval naval base and the Bandar Abbas port facility, which sits on the Strait of Hormuz and is home to the main command of the Iranian navy, show plumes of smoke rising from several vessels on Monday and Tuesday.

Maritime Forces Sustained Substantial Losses

Among the vessels destroyed was the Makran, the country's most sizable ship which had been used as a drone carrier. Aerial imagery indicated black smoke pouring from the ship which had been docked at the Bandar Abbas base.

Analytical reports suggest that no fewer than five ships at Bandar Abbas were "struck or destroyed". Photos of the southern end of the port reveal plumes ascending from the IRINS Makran, while additional ships are visibly impacted, with one of them seen burning.

Over at the Konarak base, images display multiple harmed vessels, with expert review pointing to impacts on a half-dozen warships. Photos taken on the start of the week also demonstrate that several structures at the installation have been leveled.

"For a long time the Tehran government has disrupted commercial vessels," an American commander stated. "Now, there is no Iranian vessel at sea in the Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz or Sea of Oman, and we will continue."

Some vessels reportedly destroyed may have been obscured in aerial photos by cloud or smoke, or struck at sea, and have not been conclusively proven. Other accounts indicated that a ship from Iran was going down near Sri Lanka's waters, resulting in a rescue operation.

Missile Installations and Atomic Locations Hit

The destruction of Iran's rocket sites and the stopping enrichment activities were declared as additional goals of the offensive. Satellite images also depicted damage at the southerly Khorgu and northwestern Tabriz facilities, and at the Konarak air air base, where rocket warehouses and fortifications were struck.

At the Choqa Balk-e drone unmanned aircraft site west of Kermanshah, significant destruction was identified to sheds, underground facilities and drone launch equipment.

Impact was also observed at a surveillance station at the Zahedan airbase in eastern Iran, near the border with neighboring nations.

Significantly, the most recent series of strikes have apparently focused on facilities at the Natanz complex – widely believed to be at the center of Iran's atomic program. The UN's atomic energy body said that the affected structures were used for entry to the facility's underground nuclear plant and that "no nuclear fallout" was anticipated.

Wider Fallout and Assessment

Observers stated that the attacks appeared to have "significantly degraded" the Iran's naval capability to carry out conventional attacks using its largest vessels. However, it was noted that Iran retains the capacity to launch unconventional attacks at sea through the use of drones, midget subs and its so-called "shadow fleet" of tankers.

The total scope of the destruction caused to Iranian military infrastructure has yet to be fully assessed, with hostilities reportedly persisting. Photos also shows considerable destruction to the command center of the Iran's Revolutionary Guards in the capital Tehran.

A large number of public facilities also appear to have been struck in the capital and across Iran after the hostilities escalated. Toll estimates from inside Iran suggest that hundreds of non-combatants may have been fatally injured in the strikes.

Amid continuing hostilities, monitoring of space-based data will persist to track the unfolding military landscape.